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G. H. MALTBY.

FARE BOX, INDIGATOR, AND RECORDER.

No. 311,019. Patented Jan. 20,1885.

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O. H. MALTBY.

FARE BOX, INDICATOR, AND RECORDER.

N0.311,019. Patented Jan. 20,1885.

U ITED STATES CLINTON H. MALTBY, OF DAYTON,

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FARE-BOX, INDICATOR, AND RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 811,019, dated January20, 1885.

Application filed May 5, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLINTON H. MALTBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare Boxes andRegisters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of fareboxes which are designed moreparticularly for use on street-cars, omnibuses, and like publicvehicles, but also capable of use in other places where it is desired todeposit fares, and has for its object, primarily, the combination, withthe locked permanent receptacle and the temporary retaining andinspecting receptacle, of indicating and recording mechanism operated bya series of keys or levers under control of the driver or person incharge, whereby the deposited fares and tickets temporarily arrested inthe inspectionchamber by the successive operation of the keys and levershave their respective values indicated successively by means ofprojected and disclosed tablets, which values, by the same operationthat discloses them, are permanently recorded, which indicating andrecording take place while the fares remain in the inspection-chamber,so that the occupants of the car or the persons paying can see that allare properly indicated and recorded, after which, by the operation ofanother and independent lever, the fares and tickets are released andfall into the permanent locked receptacle.

The novelty of my invention consists in a fare-box having in combinationthe permanent locked receptacle, a temporary arrestinginspection-chamber, and indicating and recording mechanism operated by aseries of levers or keys of fixed values, whereby any number ofdeposited fares arrested in the inspection-chamber must have theirvalues indicated to the persons paying and be permanently recordedbefore they are deposited in theclosed locked receptacle; also, in thecon- (No model.)

struction and combinations of the parts, all as claimed.

I11 the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved fare box and register. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectionalview in side elevation of the same.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate identical parts inboth figures.

Ipreferably construct the box of the shape shown, though this may bevaried without affecting my invention, and would describe it as having,essentially, first, a lower receptacle, containing, )referably, a lockeddrawer, A, and with a hinged door, 13, adapted to close the receptacleand be locked by a padlock or other suit-able lock, 0, and having alsoan opening, a, in its upper wall, to admit the I tickets and fares intothe drawer A or the lower locked receptacle; second, aninspection-chamber over the locked receptacle, having its front and rearwalls composed of transparent glass or other transparentmedia, b and c,a deposit slit or opening, 1), at its upper end, a fixed incline slide,E, located as shown, having its lower edge serrated or sharpened, asubstantially-horizontal tilting platform, F, and a second inclinedglass or other transparent tilting apron, G, and a lowersubstantially-horizontal or slightly-inclined reflecting-surface ormirror, II; third, an upper chamber containing the recording andindicating mechanism and their connections, to be hereinafter described,having a locked door, I, upon opening or removing which the recordingmechanism is disclosed, and having also an extreme upper compartmentwith transparent glass windows (1 0, into which and between the glasswindows the indicating-tablets are projected and exposed to viewwhenever the levers or keys for registering the fares are operated. Thisregistering and indicating mechanism may be that shown and described inLetters Patent No. 271,363, dated January 30, 1888, to Bitty and Birch,or that shown in the pending application of myself, filed September 21,1883, though I have here illustrated it as that shown in the pendin gwill be herewith set forth and specifically plication of James Bitty,filed September 21, I having a stud or pin, m, from the apron work-1883, the essential features of all of which are a series of levers orkeys of fixed values, a series of tablets of corresponding Valuesmounted on rods operated by said keys, and registering mechanism, and agong or bell,with connecting mechanism, the parts being so constructedand arranged that whenever a key is operated to its farthest limit, andonly then, its corresponding tablet is exposed to view and remains soexpcsed, and the bell or gong is sounded, and, further, that no tabletcan be exhibited without its value being recorded upon the recordingmechanism, and whenever any tablet is disclosed it remains so untilanother key is operated to expose another tablet.

The only difference between my present recording and indicatingmechanism and those before referred to is that the keys or levers J,instead of projecting at their forward ends, project at their rear endsnearest the tabletrods K through vertical slots in the metal plate L,and are operated by being lifted in stead of by being depressed, as inthe former cases. The outer ends of these levers have jointed extensionsJ, provided with buttons marked with the value of each key or lever,

, as seen in Fig. 1. These extensions hang down Lil close to the box andout of the way, and their hinging is, as shown, so as to form apractical knucklejoint when they are raised. Any other method of hingingto accomplish this result might be employed.

The tablets are represented by M, their supporting-wing by N, the gongby O, the frame vibrated by the levers by P, the frame-retracting springby R, the recording paper rolls by S, and the puncturing-point on eachlever by T. The exact construction and mode of operation of thismechanism will be found in the Ritty application before referred to. Theplatform F is centrally pivoted at f to the sides of the box, and in itsnormal or horizontal position fills the space between the glasses 2)and. c, as shown. In a recess in the side of the box, which recess iscovered by a segmentally-slotted plate, a, is an arm or link, y, Fig. 2,whose upper end is pivoted to one of the arms, ll, of the vibratingframe 1?, and whose lower end is pivoted upon a pin or lug extendingfrom the platform F through the segmental slot From this construction itresults that when any one of the levers J is operated the vibration ofthe frame P, caused thereby to operate the indicating and record ingmechanisms, tilts the platform F to the p o sition shown by the dottedlines, as will be readily understood. The retraction of the frame 1? bythe spring R returns the platform F to its normal or substantiallyhorizontal position.

The inclined apron G is pivoted at j in the sides of the box, and isvibrated by a bellcrank, is, recessed in the side of the box, withaprojecting operating-button, Z, hung at j, and

ing in a segmental slot, n, and secured to the lower end of thebell-crank, as shown. Any suitable spring, 1), serves to hold the arm 7;up and keep the apron with itsloweredgein close contact with the glass 0or front wall of the box as shown.

V is an opening in the side of the box, covered by a grating, throughwhich light at night may be admitted from a lamp to the inspec- 7tion-chamber. In the present instance there are four levers J, whosebuttons are marked 3, 5, Half T, and Ticket, respectively, meaning threecents, or half-fare, five cents, or whole fare, half ticket, and wholeticket, respectively.

The tablets are correspondingly marked, as well as the paper on therolls S, and the op eration is as follows: e will suppose that athree-cent piece, a five-cent piece, and a halfticket have beendeposited by passengers of a street-car. They are arrested upon the platform F and are exposed to the view of both the driver and thepassengers. The driver thereupon proceeds to indicate and record them byfirst raising the three-cent lever. As he does so the platform F istilted and all are dropped upon the apron G, where they still remainexposed to view, as seen in Fig. 1.

He next operates the five-cent lever, thereby throwing up the fivecenttablet and recording the amount 011 the paper, and he finally operatesthe halfticket lever, bringing into view the half-ticket tablet andrecording the amount. Having recorded all the fares so fardeposited,while they remain in full view, he depresses the button Z,which swings back the apron G and permits them to drop into the drawerA. He may do this at once or may wait until other fares have beendeposited on the platform F, as seen in Fig. 1; but before again tiltingthe platform F he should open ate the apron G, as above stated. By thismeans an absolutely accurate register of all the fares is made in thepresence of the pas- I I0 sengers, whose attention is called thereto bythe sounding of the gong every time a lever is operated; and thisrecord, being inclosed and locked up, cannot be altered or tamperedwith, and must in every case correspond with I I 5 the contents of thedrawer A.

By placing the drawer-receptacle key in the possession of one employ andthe record and mechanism receptacle key in the possession of anotheremploy, an absolute check against dishonesty or mistakes is provided.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim- 1. Afare-box having in combination a perinanent lockedreceptacle, an inspection-cham- 1 2 5 her, into which the fares areintroduced and temporarily arrested, and arecording and indicatingmechanism, a series of levers,whereby the fares are indicated andrecorded while arrested in the inspect-ion chamber, and I 0 whereby,after they are recorded, they are deplatform F, segmentally-slottedplate U, re posited into the permanent locked receptacle, cessed arm orlink 9, vibrating frame 1?, and 1 substantially as described.operating-levers J, substantially as described. 2. In a fare-box havingan indicating and 4. In a fare-box having the indicating and 5recordingmechanism andan inspection-chamrecording mechanism andinspection-chamber with two or more tilting platforms and a ber, asherein described, the tilting platform permanent locked receptacle, thecombination, and the lever mechanism which operates said 20 with therecording-mechanism-operating leplatform and indicates and records thefares, vers, of the upper tilting platform with conin combinationsubstantially as described.

r0 neeting mechanism, whereby when any one of OLIN TON H. MALTBY.

the levers is operated said platform is tilted, WVitnesses:substantially as described. A. A. WIN'rERs,

3. The combination and arrangement of the S. RUFUS J ONES.

